Tag: William Kentridge

William Kentridge: The Pull of Gravity

The first UK institutional show dedicated to Kentridge’s sculpture is joyfully approachable while maintaining its critical bite, as we are drawn into his creative imagination
William Kentridge

The brutalities of daily life under apartheid in South Africa are exposed in this major exhibition spanning 40 years of Kentridge’s work. But it is his films that leave the most lasting impression
William Kentridge: ‘One needs sometimes to show the power of the irrational world as a demonstration of the limits of the rational world’

William Kentridge talks about his recent performance of Kurt Schwitters’ sound poem Ursonate, dadaists and interpreting the world
William Kentridge: Thick Time

This remarkable show offers six of the South African artist’s most potent installations – and six chances to enter Kentridge’s shivering monochrome universe
György Kovásznai: A Cold War Artist. Animation. Painting. Freedom

The first UK retrospective of the work of the Hungarian artist, film-maker and animator displayed his extensive and eclectic range
When silence falls

This is a group exhibition of work by contemporary artists exploring humanitarian crimes. It presents us with alternative perspectives on history, including those of minority groups or people with little power, and the exhibition is an example of how the…
Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China

In the mid-1980s and 90s, as China distanced itself from the policies of Mao Zedong, and his successors became more willing to engage with the outside world, Chinese contemporary art began to appear with increasing frequency in important international exhibitions.…
William Kentridge: Fortuna

William Kentridge: Fortuna, edited by Lilian Tone with commentary by William Kentridge. Published by Thames and Hudson, 2013
The Queens Museum, New York reopens

From its foundation in 1972, the museum had been housed in the northern half of an historic New York City building erected in 1937 for the 1939 World’s Fair. Since 1952, the southern half of the building had been occupied…
Kentridge: Where Are We and How Did We Get Here?

William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 22 October 2013 – 11 May 2014